firings
Letting employees go
Firings is the plural of firing, which most commonly refers to dismissals from employment: The company announced mass firings after the merger.
Firing also means the discharge of weapons or the process of heating ceramics in a kiln to harden them.
In all senses, firings names multiple instances of these acts.
Mass job eliminations
- terminationsActs of bringing closure
- dismissalsFormal removal from position
- redundanciesUnneeded duplications or repetitions
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
pink slips · severance · workforce reduction · retrenchment · furloughs · outplacement · restructuring · discharge
Oven for hardening clay
- glazingGlossy protective coating
- bisqueCreamy seafood soup
- potteryFired clay objects
- stonewareDense ceramic fired hot
porcelain · earthenware · raku · annealing · sintering · vitrification · oxidation · reduction
Small poured drinks
- shootingsDischarges of firearms
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
- dischargesReleases or sends forth
- volleysShots taken mid-flight
bursts · recoil · ammunition · bullets · cartridges · salvos · barrage · warning shots
Strong negative reaction
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- repercussionsIndirect results of actions
- aftermathResults following an event
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
blowback · accountability · retaliation · penalties · sanctions · outcry · controversy · lawsuits
layoffs
Mass job eliminations
- terminationsActs of bringing closure
- dismissalsFormal removal from position
- redundanciesUnneeded duplications or repetitions
downsizing · pink slips · severance · workforce reduction · retrenchment · furloughs · outplacement · restructuring · discharge · sackings
kiln
Oven for hardening clay
stoneware · porcelain · earthenware · raku · annealing · sintering · vitrification · oxidation · reduction · cone temperature
shots
Small poured drinks
- shootingsDischarges of firearms
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
- dischargesReleases or sends forth
volleys · bursts · recoil · ammunition · bullets · cartridges · salvos · barrage · warning shots · crossfire
backlash
Strong negative reaction
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- repercussionsIndirect results of actions
- aftermathResults following an event
ramifications · blowback · accountability · retaliation · penalties · sanctions · outcry · controversy · lawsuits · settlements
- cutbackscutback, cutbacks, decrease, layoff, reduction
- union bustingunion busting, strikebreaker, strikebreaking, scabs, scab
- work historyresume, CV, work experience, job titles, employers
- backlashbacklash, blowback, outcry, outrage, pushback
- shakeupsshakeup, shake-up, reshuffle, reorganization, restructuring
- workplace conflictbullying, harassment, hostile environment, intimidation, mobbing
firingshirings
Acts of employing people
hires · hiring · appointments · recruitments · onboardings
firingsceasefires
Negotiated combat suspensions
misfires · jams · disarmaments · cease-fires · holding fire
- firing squadGroup executing by gunshot
- firing upStarting with energy
- firing position
- firing on all cylindersPerforming optimally, completely engaged
- firing rangePlace for target practice
- firing lineRow of shooters